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General Mach Discussion / Re: Z home goes past 0.0 to +1.0

« on: January 28, 2012, 05:42:28 PM »

I'm with you there TP, appears to be a mix.

I want to say thanks again, i have moved so much further today after getting that fixed, (well maybe not in some of you guy's standards), but I have moved along, it feels good, was actually able to get past my last issue, not sure where i read bout using a marker lightly attached, but that helps, at least I do not have to worry about damaging something

it seems some of you have the same controller Candcnc, so I will ask, how am I going to know if I have loaded the right screens for my setup?  I loaded right from the install file
keep in mind this is a couple year old unit as well
thanks

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FAQs / Re: New configuration now homing issues.

« on: January 28, 2012, 05:26:22 PM »

ttm - please don't double post. Apart from anything else it's discourteous to the very knowledgeable people who are currently helping you in your other thread.

Thanks

did not mean to come off discourteous, I was merely impressed how he handled a situation, it'snot everyday you see something like that.  the folks on the other thread helped me out really well, 

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Z home goes past 0.0 to +1.0

« on: January 28, 2012, 01:14:28 PM »

MY earlier point was that he SHOULD be running a gold screenset with his hardware also the correct plugin to match the screenset and hardware used.

Just a thought, (;-) TP

I think I am running the correct screen set, mp3000 my ubob is rev6b I am pretty sure it is ubobII, ya know what, I can do screen shots with snagit if you think that may help, what screens should I capture? all of the ones for mp3000-basic for the router? I know I am supposed to be running mp300-dtch-ubobII in the laoder for the plasma torch, but the thc sensor is at toms now, in fact I am going there the 7th and they are going to take  alook at all the equipment (run tests) and make sure I have what I am telling them i have
 
I do know it did work correctly, and have no idea why it stopped, I have along way to go, and to tell the truth, I have doubts I can do this at this point.  I just am not getting some of things that should be simple, and that is causing me to do the wrong things I think,

I sitll need to figure out how the homes work, then the limits, i think if I can figure that out, some of the problems I am having I will be able to take care of as I will then know what is causing them, phew, i think...

this is nothing like working on the old computerized cars

I did try the test file in sheetcams tutorial it all worked expect for it sent z axis -0 (travels up on my machine) til it hits the stop, after it drew part of the a (I put a marker on it ) but I think that will have to wait, i have a long ways to go before I start on sheetcam I think

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Z home goes past 0.0 to +1.0

« on: January 28, 2012, 10:53:38 AM »

how are you getting the button control screen up?  had to come back in, it's 30 out there brrrrrr,

Open your screenset with Scree4, double click on the GO HOME button, then change the gCode to G00X0Y0Z0, SAVE and exit, then reload the screen or start MACh again.

GOt it! Thanks!

next step!, I have a teszt file called roadrunner but it is a 3d AZs it is trying to move the z up and down, is there a tst file i could mount a marker to the tool just to see it follow a pattern?

I know, I have a long way to go to worry about that, but i'm 50, ya know and this is making me feel like I'm 12 wiht a new toy - and yes this is for the business not a toy, and my wife will make sure of that! (big grin)

again thank you, I do not know what I did to make that cange but I chaged it for sure!  there must be something wrong with the material load button as well, it does not move at all when I push that one

Tom

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Z home goes past 0.0 to +1.0

« on: January 28, 2012, 10:21:22 AM »

http://www.machsupport.com/downloads.php
scroll down to Screen Designers

ok dopwnloading it now and will put it on that machine and unxip it to mach3 folder

thank you, (I should had caught it was screen4, that is just how anal I have become with this thing, I have not even tried anything but exactly what is wrote to me about it!

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Z home goes past 0.0 to +1.0

« on: January 28, 2012, 09:38:38 AM »

how are you getting the button control screen up?  had to come back in, it's 30 out there brrrrrr,

Open your screenset with Scree4, double click on the GO HOME button, then change the gCode to G00X0Y0Z0, SAVE and exit, then reload the screen or start MACh again.

what is scree4?, i searched google, this post came up and a whole bunch of other mis leading stuff

thank you

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Z home goes past 0.0 to +1.0

« on: January 28, 2012, 08:30:58 AM »

The yeller screens DO have a GO HOME button ... on the SETTINGS screen but it is OEM 138.

I did some of the captures from Screen4, some on simulated profiles so what is "lit up" is probably irrelevent.

Did you recently dwnld anything new ? Or update your screens from the CanC site ?

mine have a go home, I just pulled up the dthc load as well, and it still does the same thing,  I am not aware of any new screens I have put i , I did reinstall, but sure I did not have this issues afterwards,  I have watched every move with this machine with finger ready to hit estop as I have no limit switches hooked up

how are you getting the button control screen up?  had to come back in, it's 30 out there brrrrrr,

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Z home goes past 0.0 to +1.0

« on: January 28, 2012, 08:26:53 AM »

That sis a very early Cancnc screen he should have thenewer Gold screen with what he has IF he loaded the correct version.

Justa thought, (;-) TP

There were 8 different screen sets with the download.
All of the yeller screens do not have a GO HOME button (that I could find).
All of the screens that have the GO HOME button (that I could find) have the same Z1 code in it.

The only other thing I see that is on the Yeller screens is the LOAD MATERIAL button which would do similar, but is not what the OP is mentioning.
Russ

and I have not got to the load material screens for setting anoything up, i did check them and they were 0

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Z home goes past 0.0 to +1.0

« on: January 28, 2012, 06:26:37 AM »

Is this it ? 

My I ask another question about your second pic the program screen?  I see most all of yours are lit, mine are not, I see you have mp3000 loaded, is it a plaspakIII with ubobII? I can run snagit to capture a scrolling screen set and get all my settings if needed, which if someone had the same setup as mine, I would love to compare, 

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Z home goes past 0.0 to +1.0

« on: January 28, 2012, 06:14:55 AM »

Well .... here is what Scree4 shows for that GO HOME button.
 
Russ

  I have nto seen that screen before, not even sure where it is, and it jjust started doing this, I am going to go out and look for that screen, but that does make sense looking at your screen, just why would it change? (if that is my issue) Thank you for the screen shots!